User settings

Ok, here is the layout.

Default settings stops Solidworks working.
Custom settings stops Solidworks working.

Work around:- edit reg, blah, blah \solidworks\solidworks2008 to blah,
blah \solidworks\solidworks2008 old

New profile works for around a week and then I have to repeat this
procedure.


XP pro
Solidworks office professional 2008, sp3.1
windows 2003 SBS sp2 server, all with the lastest updates , service
packs etc....

 

In what respect does it 'not work'.

Martin

 

Hi Martin,

Various things stop working.
As an example, inseting parts from a toolbox folder, works for a while
then I get an error stating that the part is already opened and would
i like to open the part read only, ?????

All the parts in that toolbox folder has been set to toolbox parts,
confirmed by the toolbox icon in the feature tree

Toolbars changing each time I open a document.

Project open folder keeps change to my document folder, even though
the folder is set in Pdmworks.

The list goes on!

Any ideas?

 

Sounds like some of your Toolbox settings may not be right. Are you
using a shared Toolbox or is it local to your machine?

I used to have a PDF that detailed exactly how to setup Toolbox, but I
don't seem to be able to lay my hands on it right now. Maybe your VAR
has a copy..?

We have a shared Toolbox here, and I always make sure that the
following options are set;

in 'Toolbox > Configure > Settings', set 'Writing to Read-Only
Documents' to 'Always change read-only status...'
in 'Tools > Options > External References', set 'Don't prompt to save
read-only.....' to checked.

Also, make sure that the Toolbox folder and it's sub-folders and files
are set to read-only in Windows.

Martin

 

I'd have a look on some of the other web forums aswell;

http://www.eng-tips.com has a moderated Solidworks forum, and there is
one at http://www.solidworks.com aswell in the support area.

Martin

 

ok, wiseone, explain what I am doing wrong when I save an assembly,
close Solidworks down, open Solidworks and then that same assembly,
and all the toolbars that I had showing are now gone?

 

Might be a non-starter, but I wonder if you don't have local admin
rights on that machine? Reason I ask is that most of the
customisations (toolbars, macros....) are stored in the Windows
registry.

Martin